vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3442-1 (CVE-2017-13720): libXfont vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 10, 2017
Added
Oct 10, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain patterns in
PatternMatch. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2017-13720)

It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain malformed PCF
files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-13722)

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-libxfont1ubuntu-upgrade-libxfont2
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